BetteBack December 30, 1978: Pop Scene 1978

The European concert scene in 1978 saw everything from hard rock to sixties folk, from triumph to disaster. Punk faded, disco surged. The Event Of The Year was the emergence of the new, Vegas-smooth Bob Dylan, whose acoustic rendering of “Masters of War” at the Nazi party rally grounds in Nurnberg was worth the $15 all by itself.

A close second was the crash landing of the Jefferson Starship â€” Grace Slick said she couldn’t sing and the band refused to play on a rainy day atop the Loreley. The result was an expensive burning and looting spree, and Slick hasn’t worked with the group since.